Supreme Court Stops Amazon Workers Suit
Posted on AllSides December 9th, 2014
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Amazon.com Inc. warehouse workers weren’t entitled to pay for the time they spent being screened for theft at the end of their work shifts.
The court, in a unanimous opinion by Justice Clarence Thomas , said the workers couldn’t proceed with a lawsuit seeking wages for the security checks because the time they spent waiting to be screened wasn't an integral and indispensable part of their jobs.
The high court’s ruling reversed a lower court decision that allowed the workers’ case to proceed....
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